June 2022
Future Leaders Program: Register by June 30
Join our next Future Leaders Program and benefit from the in-person interactions that help leaders grow and develop! Our next cohort is kicking off in November, so register yourself or someone on your team today. Click here to learn more, or ask Leigha to connect you with someone in the program to find out more. “…the return on investment is infinite!”
2022 Financial Benchmarking Report Available
The 2022 AHTD Financial Benchmarking Report has been delivered at no cost to participating companies and is now generally available for purchase by our other member companies. Get YOUR copy of the profitability study designed to obtain, understand, and analyze “best practices” for automated solution provider companies and help AHTD members improve their financial performance. Purchase now. Member ASPs who participated in the survey have received their copy for free!
What's Up Members?
As a member of AHTD, you’re tapped into a dynamic community of automation professionals. Check out some of these insights from our membership base. 
What's Up Strategic Business Partners?
We're grateful for our Strategic Business Partners. These companies offer strategic products or services in the industrial automation distribution industry.
Distributors Discuss the Keys to Their Success

DDI System's Inform ERP Software is purpose-built with the tools successful distributors need to increase customer reach, quickly respond to sales requests, and become a service leader. Read more.
Talent Report Data

The MRA Talent Report has several interesting insights on workforce information and innovation from MRA’s member organizations. You may find some of these quotes, data, and factoids helpful in conversations with your own executive team related to attracting and retaining talent in today’s labor market. Read more.
Spring Meeting 2022 Recap

Now that the dust has settled, we want to thank AHTD and all its member companies for a wonderful Spring Meeting—another productive event and a fun opportunity to connect with existing friends and make new ones. 
 
DDS is also pleased to announce some of our newest partnerships within the AHTD community. We are excited to be working with manufacturers like ABB and Belden, as well as distributors like Genuine Cable Group, Barr-Thorp Electric, Galco, Centro, and WireXpress. We truly appreciate the opportunity to assist these companies with their impressive e-commerce and digital initiatives! Visit our website to learn more or get in touch to see how we can help you.
TraceParts CAD-Content Platform Reaches 1,500 Supplier-Certified Product Catalogs

TraceParts, a world-leading supplier of rich digital content for industrial designers, is proud to announce the publication of the 1,500th product catalog on TraceParts.com, representing a key milestone in TraceParts’ positioning as one of the world’s leading suppliers of 3D digital content for the engineering sector. Learn more.
NEW: Member SOS
This Month’s Question…Members ask, and the network answers!  

Our member asks, “Are you aware of any systems for keeping digital copies of receipts and invoices etc. that also makes them searchable? I would like to hire someone who knows how to keep my piles of paperwork - all invoices, etc. - in digital form. To organize all of the outside salesmen’s receipts, mileage, and expense submissions, I am using “Certify”, and I am not sure if I can use that for all other receipts. Our ERP requires a PO, and most of our operating expenses and non-resale items are not entered there. I want to be able to ask for an invoice and have them know where a copy of it is! After 40 years, I am tired of my piles of paperwork, and am curious to know if any other member has mentioned this—thanks!”

Who better to answer than you! If you have an answer or a contact who can help answer this month’s question, OR if you have a question that you would like to pose to the AHTD network, please email Leigha who will pass on any answers received.  
AHTD'S Women in Automation
AHTD's Women in Automation has unveiled a new logo created by the volunteers in the group. We look forward to using this logo in posts to come.

We have Zoom meetings to look forward to in September and December. All AHTD members are welcome to sign up. Wondering how to be part of this group? Contact Leigha Schatzman for more info.

Connect with the AHTD Women in Automation - Women Dedicated to #doinghightechbetter, Together.
National Survey Data
AHTD is making two different national compensation surveys available to members at a rate discounted by 70%!
  Member pricing: $300/each
Nonmember pricing: $1,090/each
Click here to learn more and to see an overview of the reports.
Webinar Opportunity: Winning the War for Talent
Mark your calendars and get signed up! There are still 3 more live webinars in AHTD’s six-part webinar series available for free to member companies. Log into your AHTD account and register today.
 
Recordings and slide decks from previous sessions are available there and the new one is posted after each webinar.